Reps. Mark Meadows of North Carolina and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan embraced and chatted for nearly a minute as the House took its final votes of the week. It was a striking sight after the pair fought during Michael Cohen’s hearing Wednesday. (Feb. 28)

A man at the center of a ballot fraud case involving a North Carolina congressional race is now under arrest. Leslie McCrae Dowless is charged with illegal ballot handling and conspiracy in the 2018 Republican primary and in the 2016 elections. (Feb. 28)

Agents shot and killed a man believed to be one of the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives in North Carolina on Wednesday. Medical examiners must determine if the suspect was Greg Alyn Carlson. He was wanted for multiple armed sexual assaults. (Feb. 14)

For her latest collection debuting at New York Fashion Week, Tory Burch looked to Black Mountain College, a progressive school in rural North Carolina that helped boost the trajectory of modern art before it closed in 1957. (Feb. 11)